Ecuador's government will invest US$3.2mn to rehabilitate a rail line in Imbabura province, paper La Hora reported.
The initiative is seen as one of the first steps to rehabilitate the country's northern rail network.
The line connects districts Ibarra and Otavalo, and will contrib...

Mexico's transport and communications ministry (SCT) completed 15 port and transport infrastructure projects worth a total of 1.23bn pesos (US$91.4mn) in the first eight months of this year, the ministry said in a release.
A total of 559mn pesos was spent on port infrastructure in Ensenada ...

CAF to announce infrastructure fund administrator this week (Peru)

2009-09-29

The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) expects to announce the administrator of a Peruvian infrastructure fund sometime this week, paper Gestión reported.
"The process is very advanced," said CAF director in Peru Eleonora Silva.
Peru's pension fund administrators...

Jalisco to remodel 16 light rail cars (Mexico)

2009-09-28

Mexico's Jalisco state will invest 199mn pesos (US$14.7mn) to remodel 16 cars on its electric light rail service, paper El Informador reported.
The renovation of the rail cars will ensure the system's proper functioning for another 20 years, the report said.
The rail cars have been...

Paraguay's finance, and public works and communications (MOPC) ministries, and IDB signed a US$65.6mn loan agreement for the country's second municipal road program, the finance ministry reported in a release.
The funding will support the rehabilitation of 1,150km of municipal road networks...

French govt to finance urban transport study (Guatemala)

2009-09-28

The French government will finance a study to improve urban public transport services in Guatemala, the latter's government website reported.
The study will monitor public transport in Guatemala City over a six-month period and analyze the quality of services, safety standards and the opera...

Ciudad Juárez looks to Medellín as a model to reduce violence (Mexico)

2009-09-28

Authorities and private sector representatives from Mexico's Ciudad Juárez city are looking to replicate Colombian city Medellín's infrastructure development strategy to fight crime, an official from Medellín's international investment and cooperation agency ACI, told BNamericas...

El Salvador's public works ministry (MOPTVDU) and Fomilenio, the local chapter of the US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), have given the green light for work to begin on section 2B1 of the Longitudinal del Norte highway, according to news reports.
The 7.68km stretch will run from San...